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Wise Old Thumper
:wave: gloriously, our new house has wild bunnies in the garden, and I'm just loving seeing them around and about. At the moment, my bunnies are in an enclosed patio area, but in the spring I plan to move them into an aviary which is further down the garden - where they will have more space and where I can attach a further run so they can spend time on the grass.
But I'm curious to know from others who have wildies - do they show any interest in your buns and vice-versa, or do they keep away? Has it ever caused a problem of referred aggression in your own buns, especially given that wildies will be unneutered? Do you take any particular precautions to keep them away from each other? Obviously keeping vaccinations up to date is a must (which I do anyway) but what about grazing areas where there could be things like cocci or ec? Do you have an entirely separate grazing area which is penned off so that wildies can't get anywhere near? I'm thinking of attaching another aviary to the front of the fixed one, so that they can have safe supervised time on grass, but that also keeps the grazing area separate from any wildies.
I'd be grateful for any thoughts or experiences of domestic and wild bunnies cohabiting in close proximity!
Annoyingly, I was most looking forward to being able to forage on my own plot, but because of the wildies, there's not a scrap of ground-growing forage anywhere to be seen :lol:
But I'm curious to know from others who have wildies - do they show any interest in your buns and vice-versa, or do they keep away? Has it ever caused a problem of referred aggression in your own buns, especially given that wildies will be unneutered? Do you take any particular precautions to keep them away from each other? Obviously keeping vaccinations up to date is a must (which I do anyway) but what about grazing areas where there could be things like cocci or ec? Do you have an entirely separate grazing area which is penned off so that wildies can't get anywhere near? I'm thinking of attaching another aviary to the front of the fixed one, so that they can have safe supervised time on grass, but that also keeps the grazing area separate from any wildies.
I'd be grateful for any thoughts or experiences of domestic and wild bunnies cohabiting in close proximity!
Annoyingly, I was most looking forward to being able to forage on my own plot, but because of the wildies, there's not a scrap of ground-growing forage anywhere to be seen :lol: